Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
blue 青 (靑)
Parts:
blue, green
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
589 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 青果 【セイカ】 fruits and vegetables, produce
  • 青雲 【セイウン】 blue sky, erudition, detachment from the world, high rank
  • 回青 【カイセイ】 Mohammedan blue (pigment used in porcelain painting)
  • 黛青 【タイセイ】 blackish blue
  • 青面金剛 【ショウメンコンゴウ】 Shōmen Kongō, Blue-Faced Vajra, blue-skinned deity depicted with two, four or six arms; originally associated with esoteric Buddhism, thought to bring sickness; revered as part of kōshin-machi beliefs during the Edo period
  • 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
  • 緑青 【ロクショウ】 verdigris, green rust, copper rust
  • 花緑青 【ハナロクショウ】 Paris green, emerald green

Kun reading compounds

  • 青 【あお】 blue, azure, green, green light (traffic), black (horse coat color), blue 5-point card, immature, unripe, young
  • 青梅 【あおうめ】 unripe plum
  • プロシア青 【プロシアあお】 Prussian blue
  • 深青 【ふかあお】 dark blue, deep blue, navy blue
  • 青い 【あおい】 blue, azure, green, pale (facial color), gray, grey, unripe, inexperienced
  • 青色 【あおいろ】 blue

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qing1
Korean:
cheong

Spanish

  • azul
  • verde
  • pálido

Portuguese

  • verde
  • azul
  • imaturo
  • verde-claro

French

  • bleu
  • vert
36 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
52 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
43 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
390 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5076 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
331 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
273 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
700 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
208 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
208 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1871 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1573 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1548 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42564P Morohashi
2430 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6557 New Nelson (John Haig)
1534 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1654 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
393 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
74 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1446 2001 Kanji
4b4.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
5022.7 Four corner code
1-32-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9752 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
Variants:
springtime, spring (season)
Kun:
はる
On:
シュン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
579 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 春秋 【シュンジュウ】 spring and autumn, spring and fall, years, age, The Spring and Autumn Annals, The Chronicles of Lu, Chunqiu, Ch'un Ch'iu
  • 春季 【シュンキ】 spring season
  • 昨春 【サクシュン】 last spring, the spring of last year
  • 売春 【バイシュン】 prostitution

Kun reading compounds

  • 春 【はる】 spring, springtime, New Year, prime (of life), height (of one's prosperity), heyday, adolescence, puberty, sexuality, sexual desire
  • 春秋 【しゅんじゅう】 spring and autumn, spring and fall, years, age, The Spring and Autumn Annals, The Chronicles of Lu, Chunqiu, Ch'un Ch'iu
  • 小春 【こはる】 10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November), late autumn, late fall
  • 毎春 【まいしゅん】 every spring

Readings

Japanese names:
あずま、 かす、 すの、 ひ、 わら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chun1
Korean:
chun

Spanish

  • primavera
  • comienzo del año
  • tiempos de juventud

Portuguese

  • primaveril
  • primavera (estação)

French

  • printemps
91 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
158 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
141 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
461 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2122 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
162 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
188 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
963 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
460 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
468 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
96 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
971 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3184 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1644 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2232 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1582 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13844 Morohashi
2576 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2453 New Nelson (John Haig)
1568 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1690 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
179 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c5.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
4-9-2 SKIP code
5060.3 Four corner code
1-29-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6625 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
101 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 不 【フ】 un-, non-, negative prefix
  • 不安 【フアン】 anxiety, uneasiness, worry, apprehension, fear, insecurity, suspense
  • 意味不 【イミフ】 of uncertain meaning, ambiguous, cryptic, nonsensical, incomprehensible, perplexing
  • 社不 【シャフ】 person unfit for society, misfit
  • 無 【ブ】 un-, non-, bad ..., poor ...
  • 不気味 【ブキミ】 weird, eerie, ominous, creepy, uncanny, unearthly

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu4, bu2
Korean:
bu, bul

Spanish

  • prefijo negativo: in-
  • des-

Portuguese

  • Prefixo negativo
  • negativa
  • não
  • feia
  • ruim
  • deselegante

French

  • négation
  • non
  • mauvais
  • laid
  • maladroit
500 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
600 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
572 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
134 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
17 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
130 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
104 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
94 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
94 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
94 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
422 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
10 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4242 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2141 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2890 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1225 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19 Morohashi
3434 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
13 New Nelson (John Haig)
1217 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1302 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
103 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
444 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3154 2001 Kanji
0a4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
3-3-1 SKIP code
3-2-2 SKIP code
1090.0 Four corner code
1-41-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e0d Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
Variants:
failure, defeat, reversal
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
516 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 敗 【ハイ】 loss, defeat, counter for losses
  • 敗因 【ハイイン】 cause of defeat
  • 惜敗 【セキハイ】 regrettable defeat, defeat by a narrow margin
  • 零敗 【レイハイ】 losing without scoring, shutout, whitewash, having no losses, being undefeated

Kun reading compounds

  • 敗れる 【やぶれる】 to be defeated, to be beaten, to be unsuccessful, to lose

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bai4
Korean:
pae

Spanish

  • fallo
  • derrota
  • fracaso
  • ser derrotado
  • ser vencido
  • fracasar

Portuguese

  • falha
  • derrota
  • mudança na sorte

French

  • défaut
  • défaite
  • revers
693 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
591 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
562 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
562 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4494 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
670 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
589 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
511 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
520 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
718 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
941 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1868 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
991 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1342 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
337 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13227 Morohashi
1476 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2343 New Nelson (John Haig)
331 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
353 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
420 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
575 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3966 2001 Kanji
7b4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-4 SKIP code
6884.0 Four corner code
1-39-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6557 Unicode hex code